MONTANA 


STATE  BOARD  OF  AGRICULTURE 


RULES  AND  REGULATIONS 


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Rules  and  Regulations 


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MONTANA 


As  Amended  September  1st,  1899. 
In  Effect  October  1st,  1899. 


Formulas  and  Remedies 


FOR 


Fruit  Pests. 


Issued  by  the  Montana  State  Board  of  Horticulture 
September  1,  1899. 


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Officers  and  Members  of  the  Board. 

I.  D.  O'DONNELL,. President,  First  District,  Billings. 

S.  M.  EMERY,  Second  District,  Bozeman. 

PARIS  GIBSON,  Third  District,  Great  Falls. 

D.  E.  BANDMANN,  Fourth  District,  Missoula. 

J.  H.  EDWARDS,  Fifth  District,  Kalipell. 

HON.  R.  B,  SMITH,  Ex-Cfficio  Member,  Helena. 

C.  H.  EDWARDS,  Secretary,  Missoula. 


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Inspectors. 

I.  D.  O'DONNELL,  First  District,  Billings,  Yellowstone  Co. 

PROF.  R.  A.  COOLEY,  Second  District  and  Inspector  at  Large 
for  the  State,  Bozeman,  Gallatin  Co. 

C.  H.  CAMPBELL,  Third  District,  Great  Falls,  Cascade  Co. 

W.  B.  HARLAN,  Fourth  District,  Como,  Ravalli  Co. 

J.  H.  EDWARDS,  Fifth  District,  Kahspell,  Flathead  Co. 

W  K.  SEMPLE,  Resident  Fruit  Inspector,  Butte,  Silver  Bow  Co. 


AN  ACT 

To  Create  the  Montana   State   Board  of  Horticulture,   to 

Prescribe  its  Powers  and  Duties*  and  to 

Appropriate  Money  Therefor, 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislative  Assembly  of -the  State  of  Montana: 

Section  1.  There  is  hereby  created  a  State  Board  of  Horticulture,  co 
consist  of  six  (6)  members,  f.ve  of  whom  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Gov- 
ernor, one  from  each  of  the  horticultural  districts  that  are  hereby  created, 
and  the  State  Executive,  who  shall  be  an  ex-officio  member  of  the  board. 
No  person  shall,  however,  b3  appointed  on  said  Board,  or  employed  by 
them,  who  shall  be  connected  in  any  way,  with  any  nursery,  or  who  shall 
be  engaged  in  the  sale  or  handling  for  profit  of  any  nursery  product. 

Section  2.  The  State  shall  be  divided  into  the  following  horticultural 
districts:  The  first  district  shall  comprise  the  counties  of  Dawson,  Custer, 
Yellowstone,  Sweet  Grass,  Carbon  and  Park;  the  second  district  shall 
comprise  the  counties  of  Gallatin,  Madison,  Jefferson,  Beaverhead,  Silver 
Bow,  Lewis  and  Clarke,  Meagher  and  Broadwater;  the  third  district  shall 
comprise  the  counties  of  Cascade,  Fergus,  Valley,  Choteau  and  Teton;  the 
ftmrth  district  shall  comprise  the  counties  of  Missoula,  Ravalli,  Granite 
and  Deer  Lodge;  the  fifth  district  shall  comprise  the  county  of  Flathead. 

Section  3.  The  members  shall  reside  in  the  district  foT  which  they  are 
appointed.  They  shall  be  selected  with  reference  to  their  study  of,  and 
practical  experience  in  horticulture,  and  the  industries  dependent  thereon. 
They  shall  hold  office  for  a  term  of  four  years,  and  until  their  successors 
are  appointed  and  qualified;  provided,  however,  that  two  of  the  Board 
first  appointed — to  be  determined  by  lot — shall  retire  at  the  expiration  ot: 
two  years.  All  vacancies  in  the  Board  shall  be  filled  by  appointment  or 
the  Governor,  and  shall  be  for  the  unexpired  term. 

Section  4.  The  Board  is  authorized  to  employ  a  secretary,  and  pre- 
scribe his  duties,  who  shall  hold  his  appointment  at  the  pleasure  of  the 
Board.  Before  entering  upon  the  discharge  of  his  duties,  each  member 
and  employe  of  the  Board  shall  take  and  subscribe  to  the  oath  of  office, 
which  said  oath  shall  be  filed  with  the  Secretary  of  State. 

Section  5.  The  Board  may  call  together  and  hold,  in  conjunction  witii 
horticultural  societies,  public  meetings  of  those  interested  in  horticulture 
and  kindred  pursuits,  and  may  publish  and  -distribute  such  proceedings 
and  discussions  as  in  its  judgment  may  seem  proper,  provided  the  sum  so 
expended  shall  not  exceed  the  sum  of  $300  per  annum. 

The  Board  shall  meet  on  the  third  Monday  of  February  and  September 


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of  each  year,  and  as  much  oftener  as  it  may  deem  expedient. 

Section  6.  The  office  of  the  Board  shall  be  located  at  such  place  as  the 
majority  thereof  may  determine,  and  shall  be  in  charge  of  the  Secretary 
during  the  absence  of  the  Board. 

Section  7.  For  the  purpose  of  preventing  the  spread  of  contagious 
diseases  among  fruit  and  fruit  trees,  and  for  the  prevention,  treatment, 
cure  and  extirpation  of  fruit  pests  and  the  diseases  of  fruits  and  fruit  trees 
and  for  the  disinfection  of  grafts,  scions,  or  orchard  debris,  empty  fruit 
boxes  or  packages,  and  oth-3r  suspected  material  or  transportable  articles 
dangerous  to  orchards,  fruits  and  fruit  trees,  said  Board  may  prescribe 
regulations  for  the  inspection,  and  disinfection  thereof,  which  regulations 
shall  be  circulated  in  printed  form,  by  the  Board,  among  the  fruit  growers 
and  fruit  dealers  of  the  State,  and  shall  be  published  at  least  ten  days  in 
two  horticultural  papers  of  general  circulation  in  the  State,  and  shall  be 
posted  in  three  conspicuous  places  in  each  county  in  the  State,  one  of 
which  shall  be  at  the  county  court  house  thereof. 

Section  8.  The  said  Board  shall  elect  from  their  own  number  or 
appoint  from  without  their  number,  to  hold  office  at  the  pleasure  of  th3 
Board,  one  competent  person  in  each  district,  to  be  known  and  to  act  as 
"Inspector  of  Fruit  Pests."  Said  inspectors  shall  be  selected  with  reference 
to  their  study  and  practical  experience  in  horticulture.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  said  inspectors  to  visit  the  nurseries,  orchards,  stores,  packing 
houses,  warehouses  and  other  places  where  horticultural  products  and 
fruits  are  kept  or  handled  within  their  respective  districts,  and  to  see 
that  the  regulations  of  the  State  Board  of  Horticulture  to  prevent  the 
spread  of  fruit  pests  and  diseases  of  trees  and  plants,  and  the  disinfection 
of  fruits,  trees,  plants,  grafts,  scions,  orchard  debris  and  empty  fruit 
boxes  and  other  material  shall  be  fully  carried  out  and  complied  with. 
Said  inspectors  shall  have  free  access,  at  all  times,  to  all  the  premises 
where  any  trees,  plants,fruits  or  horticultural  products  or  supplies  are  kept 
or  handled,  and  shall  have  full  power  to  enforce  the  rules  and  regulations 
of  the  State  Horticultural  Board,  and  to  order  the  destruction  or  disinfec- 
tion of  any  or  all  trees,  planes,  fruits  or  horticultural  products  or  supplies 
found  to  be  infected  with  any  disease,  as  prescribed  or  designated  by  said 
Board. 

Section  9.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person  or  persons,  corporation 
or  corporations,  who  shall  sell  or  deliver  to  any  person  or  persons,  cor- 
poration or  corporations,  any  trees,  plants,  vines,  scions  or  grafts,  to  notify 
the  inspector  of  said  district  wherein  such  trees,  plants,  vines,  etc.,  etc., 
are  to  be  delivered,  at  least  five  days  before  said  goods  are  to  be 
delivered,  giving  the  date  and  nursery  or  railroad  station  where 
said  trees,  plants,  scions,  etc.,  etc.,  are  to  be  delivered,  together  with  the 
name  of  the  party  or  parties  who  are  to  receive  the  same.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  inspector  receiving  said  notice  to  inspect  the  said  trees,  plants, 
grafts,  scions,  etc.,  etc.,  as  soon  thereafter  as  practicable,  and  at  the  point 
where  the  same  are  to  be  delivered,  and  if  the  same  be  found  free  from 


any  and  all  diseases  or  pests,  as  designated  by  said  State  Board  of  Horti- 
culture,he  shall  so  certify  and  shall  attach  such  certificate  to  each  lot  or  bill 
of  such  trees,  plants,  scions,  grafts,  etc.,  etc.,  which  said  certificate  must 
contain  a  list  of  the  said  trees,  grafts,  scions,  plants  or  vines  so  inspected. 
But  if  any  of  the  trees,  grafts,  scions,  vines  or  plants  so  inspected  shall  bo 
found  to  be  diseased  or  infested  with  any  of  the  pests,  as  prescribed  by  said 
Board,  then  the  inspector  shall  order  the  destruction  of  such  trees,  grafts, 
s-cions,  vines,  etc.,  etc.,  so  diseased  or  infested,  together  with  all  boxes,wrap- 
ping  or  packing  pertaining  thereto. 

Section  10.  If  any  person  or  persons  in  charge  or  control  of  any  nur- 
sery, orchard,  storeroom,  packing  house  or  other  place  where  horticultural 
products  or  supplies  are  handled  or  kept,  shall  fail  or  refuse  to  comply  with 
the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  said  State  Board  of  Horticulture,  or  shall 
fail  or  refuse  to  disinfect  or  destroy  any  diseased  or  infected  trees,  plants, 
vines,  scions,  grafts,  shrubs  or  other  horticultural  supplies  or  products, 
when  ordered  so  to  do,  by  the  inspector  of  such  district,  he  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined  in 
any  sum  not  less  than  $25  nor  more  than  $300. 

Section  11.  It  shall  be  the*  duty  of  every  owner  or  manager  of  every 
orchard,  nursery,  storeroom,  packing  house  or  other  place  where  horti- 
cultural products  or  supplies  are  kept  or  handled,  which  shall  become  dis- 
eased or  infected  with  any  injurious  insect  or  pest,  to  immediately,  upon 
discovery  of  the  existence  of  such  disease  or  pest,  to  notify  the  inspector 
of  said  district  of  the  existence  of  the  same.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  sucn 
owner  or  manager,  at  his  own  proper  expense,  to  comply  with  and  carry 
out  all  the  instructions  of  said  inspector  for  the  eradication  of  said  disease 
or  pests.  Any  person  who  shall  fail  or  refuse  to  notify  said  inspector, 
as  herein  provided,  or  who  shall  fail  or  refuse  to  comply  with  the  instruc- 
tions of  said  inspector  for  the  eradication  of  any  disease  or  pest,  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  De 
fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  $25  nor  more  than  $300. 

Section  12.  If  any  person  or  persons,  corporation  or  corporations, 
shall  fail  or  refuse  to  forthwith  comply  with  the  instructions  of  said  in- 
spector, for  the  eradication  of  any  disease  or  pest,  said  inspector  shall  pro- 
ceed forthwith  to  eradicate  such  disease  or  pest  and  the  expense  of  the 
same  shall  become  a  charge  and  a  lien  upon  the  property  of  such  owner. 

Section  13.  Every  person  who,  for  himself  or  as  agent  for  any  other 
person  or  persons,  corporation  or  corporations,  transportation  company  or 
common  carrier,  shall  deliver  or  turn  over  to  any  person  or  persons,  corpo- 
ration or  corporations,  any  trees,  vines,  shrubs,  nursery  stock,  scions, 
grafts,  without  first  having  attached  the  inspector's  certificate,  as  provided 
in  Section  9  of  this  Act,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and 
upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  less  than  $25  nor  more 
than  $300. 

Section  14.  No  person  or  persons,  corporation  or  corporations,  shall 
be  liable  to  'any  other  person  or  persons,  corporation  or  corporations  for 


any  damage  to  any  trees,  vinos  or  shrubs,  nursery  stock,  scions  or  grafts 
by  reason  of  the  same  being  held  to  await  the  certificate  of  the  inspector, 
as  provided  in  Section  9  of  this  Act. 

Section  15.  The  inspectors  of  fruit  pests  appointed  or  elected  by  said 
Board,  shall  receive  as  compensation  for  their  services  the  sum  of  $5.0U 
(five  dollars)  per  day  for  the  time  actually  employed;  provided,  however, 
that  no  inspector  shall  receive  more  than  three  hundred  dollars  in  any  one 
year,  when  acting  as  such  inspectors  of  fruit  pests.  The  members  of  said 
Board  shall  receive  no  compensation  for  their  services,  except  actual  ex- 
penses paid  out.  The  secretary  of  said  Board  shall  receive  the  sum  o£ 
$1,000  per  annum  for  his  services. 

Section  16.  All  bills  for  expenditures,  under  this  Act,  shall  be  audited 
and  passed  upon  by  said  Board  of  Horticulture,  and  if  found  legal  and 
just,  shall  be  allowed,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  State  Board  of  Ex- 
aminers, and  a  warrant  shall  be  drawn  therefor  upon  the  auditor  of  the 
State  of  Montana,  who  shall  draw  his  warrant  upon  the  State  Treasurer 
'therefor. 

Section  17.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  to  attend  all  meetings 
of  the  Board  and  to  procure  records  of  the  proceedings  and  correspond- 
ence, to  collect  books,  pamphlets,  periodicals  and  other  documents  con- 
taining valuable  information  relating  to  horticulture,  and  to  preserve  the 
same;  to  collect  statistics  and  other  information  showing  the  actual  con- 
dition and  progress  of  horticulture  in  this  State  and  elsewhere;  to  corres- 
pond with  agricultural  and  horticultural  societies,  colleges  and  schools  ot: 
agriculture  and  horticulture,  and  other  persons  and  bodies  as  may  be  di- 
rected by  the  Board,  and  prepare,  as  required  by  the  Board,  reports  for 
publication;  he  shall  also  act  as  assistant  to,  and  obey  the  directions  of  the 
inspectors  of  fruit  pests,  under  the  directions  of  the  Board. 

Section  18.  The  Board  shall  biennially,  in  the  month  of  January,  re- 
port to  the  Legislature  a  statement  of  its  doings  and  abstracts  of  the  re- 
ports of  the  inspectors  of  fruit  pests,  and  of  the  Secretary. 

Section  19.  There  is  hereby  appropriated  for  the  use  of  the  State 
Board  of  Horticulture,  as  set  forth  in  this  Act,  out  of  the  moneys  in  the 
state  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  the  sum  of  three  thousand  dol- 
lars ($3,000),  or  as  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  year  com- 
mencing March  1,  1899,  three  thousand  six  hundred  dollars  ($3,600),  or  as 
much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  for  the  year  commencing  March  l, 
1900. 

Section  20.  All  sums  of  moneys  collected  as  fines  for  violations  of  any 
of  the  provisions  of  this  Act  shall  be  turned  into  the  state  treasury  for  use 
in  defraying  the  expenses  of  the  Board  hereby  created,  and  the  appropria- 
tions hereby  made  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  fund  to  the  extent  of  the  money 
therein  contained. 


.     NURSERY  STOCK. 

The  term  nursery  stock  under  the  law,  is  construed  to  mean  and  in- 
clude, fruit,  shade  and  ornamental  trees  (deciduous  or  evergreen),  shrubs, 
vines,  plants,  roots,  bulbs,  buds,  scions,  cuttings,  or  other  portions  of 
plants,  shrubs  or  trees  desigaed  to  be  replanted  in  Montana  for  home  or 
commercial  use. 


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Rules  and  Regulations  of  the  State  Board 
of  Horticulture* 


For  the  purpose  of  preventing  the  importation  and  spread  of  conta- 
gious diseases  among  fruit,  fruit  trees  and  nursery  stock  and  for  the 
treatment,  cure  and  extirpation  of  fruit  pests,  the  Montana  State  Board  of 
Horticulture,  establish,  (in  accordance  with  an  Act  10  Create  the  Montana 
State  Board  of  Horticulture,  to  prescribe  its  powers  and  duties,  approved 
February,  1899),  the  following  rules  and  regulations  and  ask  the  earnest 
co-operation  of  all  fruit  growers,  dealers  and  all  persons  interested  in 
maintaining  the  present  high  grade  of  Montana  fruit,  in  carrying  out  the 
important  work. 

Rule  1.  The  Inspector  at  Large  for  the  State  of  Montana  shall  inspect 
and  fumigate  all  nursery  stock,  trees,  plants,  vines  and  cuttings  grown 
or  growing  within  the  State  of  Montana,  and  shall  have  authority  to  order 
all  nursery  stock,  trees,  plants,  vines  and  cuttings,  used  for  filling  orders, 
to  be  disinfected  by  fumigation  or  other  method,  when  in  his  judgment 
such  is  necessary.  After  such  inspection,  if  it  be  found  that  said  nursery 
stock,  trees,  plants,  vines  and  cuttings,  are 'clean  and  free  from  insects 
and  fungi  pests,  he  shall  issue  his  certificate  to  said  nurseryman,  and  said 
certificate  shall  entitle  him  to  use  said  stock,  so  inspected  and  disinfected, 
for  filling  nursery  orders  for  the  next  current  delivery. 

Rule  2.  All  nursery  stock,  trees,  plants,  vines  and  cuttings  of  any  kind 
shipped  into  or  brought  into  the  State  of  Montana,  before  delivery  to  the 
purchaser  shall  be  unpacked  from  boxes,  and  in  the  case  of  baled  and  bur- 
laped  shipments  these  coverings  shall  be  removed  and  the  stock  fumigated 
as  hereinafter  provided,  as  follows: 

All  such  nursery  stock,  trees,  plants,  vines  and  cuttings  transported 
over  the  Northern  Pacific  Railway,  from  the  west,  shall  be  inspected  and 
fumigated  at  the  city  of  Missoula. 

All  such  nursery  stock,  trees,  vines,  plants  and  cuttings,  transported 
over  the  Oregon  Short  Line,  from  the  South,  shall  be  inspected  and  treated 
at  Dillon.  » 

All  nursery  stock,  trees,  plants,  vines  and  cuttings  transported  over 
the  Northern  Pacific  Railway  from  the  east,  or  over  the  Burlington  Rail- 
way, shall  be  inspected  and  treated  at  Miles  City  or  Billings. 

All  such  nursery  stock,  trees,  plants,  vines  and  cuttings,  transported, 
from  the  west  over  the  Great  Northern  Railway,  shall  be  inspected  and 
treated  at  Kalispell. 


All  such  nursery  stock;  trees,  plants,  vines  and  cuttings,  transported, 
from  the  north  over  the  Great  Falls  and  Canada  Railway,  and  from  the 
east  over  the  Great  Northern  Railway,  shall  be  inspected  and  treated 
either  at  Glasgow,  Chinook,  Fort  Benton  or  Great  Falls. 

All  such  nursery  stock,  trees,  plants,  vines  and  cuttings,  brought  into 
the  State  of  Montana  by  wagon  shall  be  inspected  and  treated  at  the  near- 
est quarantine  station,  as  hereinafter  mentioned,  to  the  point  where  such 
nursery  stock,  trees,  plants,  vines  and  cuttings  enter  the  State. 

The  said  cities  of  Billings,  Miles  City,  Dillon,  Missoula,  Kalispell,  Great 
Falls,  Fort  Benton,  Chinook  and  Glasgow  are  hereby  designated  as  quar- 
antine stations,  where  all  nursery  stock,  trees,  plants,  vines  and  cuttings 
shall  be  inspected  and  fumigated,  except  as  otherwise  provided  for  in  these 
rules  and  regulations. 

The  certificate  of  the  Inspector  making  such  examination  and  inspec- 
tion shall  exonerate  the  shipper  and  consignee  from  any  and  all  penalties 
provided  by  law. 

Rule  3.  Importers  or  owners  of  nursery  stock,  trees,  plants,  vines  and 
cuttings  who  shall  desire  to  have  such  nursery  stock,  trees,  plants,  vines 
and  cuttings,  inspected  and  fumigated  at  points  in  Montana,  other  than  the 
regular  quarantine  stations,  may  have  such  inspection  and  fumigation 
made  at  any  point  designated  by  such  importer  or  owner;  provided,  how- 
ever, that  such  importer  or  owner  shall  pay  all  charges  of  inspection  and 
fumigation,  and  all  expenses  of  the  officer  employed  in  such  inspection 
and  fumigation,  such  charges  and  expenses  to  be  paid  before  a  certificate 
is  granted. 

Rule  4.  All  boxes,  packages,  wrapping  and  packing  used  in  the  impor- 
tation of  fruits,  nursery  stock,  trees,  plants,  vines  and  cuttings  into  the 
State  of  Montana  shall  be  destroyed  by  burning  the  same  as  soon  as  emp- 
tied of  their  contents. 

Rule  5.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  owner  or  importer  of  any  nursery 
stock,  trees,  plants,  vines  and  cuttings  to  allow  any  of  the  debris  of  sucJi 
nursery  stock,  trees,  plants,  vines  and  cuttings  to  accumulate  or  to  become 
a  menace  to  the  fruit  industry;  and  the  destruction  of  all  such  debris  is 
hereby  ordered,  and  the  inspector  of  each  district  will  see  that  all  suca 
debris  is  destroyed  by  burning. 

Rule  6.  The  Inspector  of  each  district  shall  inspect  or  cause  to  be 
inspected,  each  and  every  orchard  within  his  district  annually.  He  shall 
see  that  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  premises  where  trees,  plants,  vines, 
etc.,  are  growing  shall  obey  the  instructions  of  the  State  Board. 

Rule  7.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  spray  any.  tree,  plant, 
vine  or  shrub  when  the  same  is  in  bloom,  with  any  substance  injurious  to 
bees  or  honey. 

Rule  8.  In  the  absence  of  the  Inspector  of  any  district  or  in  the 
event  that  he  cannot  perform,  for  any  reason,  the  work  required,  the 
member  of  the  State  Board  of  Horticulture  for  said  district  may  appoint 
temporarily,  such  assistant  inspectors  as  may  be  necessary  for  such  work. 


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Rule  9.  All  Inspectors  shall,  at  the  close  of  each  month,  repdrt  to  the 
Secretary  of  the  Board  a  complete  statement  of  his  doings,  upon  the  proper 
blanks  furnished  for  that  purpose,  together  with  an  itemized  bill  for  his 
labor  for  the  time  actually  served  by  him  during  such  month,  which  bill, 
when  properly  audited  by  the  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Horticulture 
for  the  district  in  which  said  Inspector  shall  labor,  which  bill  will  be  again 
audited  by  the  President  and  Secretary  of  the  State  Board  and  forwarded 
to  the  State  Board  of  Examiners  for  payment. 

Rule  10.  Inspectors  shall  receive  as  compensation  the  sum  of  five 
dollars  for  each  and  every  day  actually  served,  but  such  Inspector  shall  pay 
his  own  expenses. 

Rule  11.  All  inspection  and  fumigation  shall  be  under  the  charge  and 
supervision  of  the  Inspector  at  Large,  and  all  Inspectors  shall  be  responsi- 
ble to  him. 

Rule  12.  The  Inspectors  appointed  by  this  Board  are  authorized  to 
inspect  any  and  all  nursery  stock,  trees,  plants,  shrubs,  vines,  or  the  prod- 
ucts thereof,  and  to  collect  the  fees  prescribed  in  these  rules  and  regula- 
tions, from  the  owner  or  person  in  control  of  such  nursery  stock  or  prod- 
ucts, wherever  found. 

Rule  13."  For  the  inspection  or  treatment  of  each  and  every  carload 
of  nursery  stock,  a  fee  of  $10  shall  be  charged  to  cover  expense  of  inspec- 
tion and  fumigation. 

Rule  14.  It  is  hereby  ordered  that  all  green  fruits  and  all  citrus  fruits 
found  for  sale  in  Montana,  shall  be  inspected  and  if  found  to  be  free  of  any 
disease  or  infection,  shall  be  branded  "Inspected  and  Passed,"  but  if  found 
to  be  infected  with  injurious  insects  or  disease,  shall  be  condemned  and 
destroyed  by  burning. 

Rule  15.  For  the  inspection  of  all  green  fruits  and  citrus  fruits,  a  fee 
of  two  (2)  cents  per  box  or  package,  with  a  maximum  charge  of  $5  for  each 
beparate  lot  inspected. 

Rule  16.  All  fines  and  fees  collected  for  inspection  and  fumigation 
shall  be  turned  over  by  Inspectors  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Board,  who 
shall  pay  the  same  to  the  State  Treasurer. 

By  fumigation  is  to  be  understood  treatment  with  hydrocyanic  acid 
gas.  This  treatment  should  be  done  as  follows:  All  nursery  stock  to  be 
treated  should  be  placed  in  an  air-tight  tent  or  box.  For  every  100  cubic 
feet  of  space  in  box  or  tent,  take  one  ounce  (avoirdupois  weight),  of  fused 
potassium  cyanide,  98  per  cent  strength,  preferably  in  lumps  about  the  size 
of  a  walnut;  one  and  one-half  ounces  commercial  sulphuric  acid,  bes: 
grade;  and  two  and  one-fourth  fluid  ounces  of  water.  First  place  the 
water  in  a  three-gallon  vessel  (which  may  be  of  glazed  earthenware);  to 
this  add  the  acid  and  finally  the  potassium  cyanide.  (The  cyanide  would 
better  be  enclosed  in  a  small  paper  bag  in  which  a  hole  is  torn).  Immedi- 
ately close  the  doors  or  openings,  taking  all  precautions  against  inhaling 
the  gas,  which  is  one  of  the  most  violent  poisons  known.  After  leaving 
Box  or  tent  closed  for  40  minutes,  open  all  doors  and  allow  at  least  one  hour 


for  thorough  ventilation  before  attempting  to  remove  stock.     No  injury 
irt  caused  to  nursery  stock  if  the  gas  is  left  in  more  than  40  minutes. 
List  of  insects  and  fungi  to  guard  against: 

San  Jose  Scale. 

Oyster  Shell  Bark  Louse. 

Wooly  Aphis. 

Codlin  Moth. 

Flathead  Apple  Tree  Borer. 

Blister  Mite  of  the  Pear. 
Fungi: 

Apple  Rust. 

Black  Knot  of  Plums. 

Twig  Blight  of  the  Pear. 

Leaf  Blight  of  the  Ap*ple. 

DIP  FOR  NURSERY  STOCK  AND  WINTER  SPRAY  FOR  SCALE 

INSECTS. 

Plarce  10  pounds  of  lime  and  20  pounds  of  sulphur  in  a  boiler  with  20 
gallons  of  water  and  boil  briskly  for  two  hours,  then  put  20  pounds  of  lime 
in  a  cask  and  slack  it  with  water.  Add  15  pounds  of  coarse  salt;  when  dis- 
solved add  this  to  the  lime  and  sulphur  and  boil  half  an  hour  logger. 
Apply  lukewarm. 

SUMMER  SPRAY  FOR  GREEN   APHIS. 

Quassia  Chips 8  pounds. 

Whale  Oil  Soap 7  pounds. 

Water 100  gallons. 

Boil  the  quassia  chips  in  water  for  one  hour.  Dissolve  the  soap  in  hot 
water,  strain  both  and  mix  together.  Add  enough  water  to  make  100 
gallons.  This  remedy  is  to  be  used  with  a  spray  pump  with  good  force.  It 
does  not  injure  the  foliage. 

BORDEAUX  MIXTURE  FOR  FUNGUS  DISEASES. 

Sulphate  of  Copper  (Bluestone)   4  pounds. 

Fresh  Lime * 4  pounds. 

Water  50  gallons. 

Place  25  gallons  of  water  in  a  barrel,  hang  four  pounds  of  bluestone  in 
the  water,  enclosed  in  a  piece  of  gunny  sack;  slack  four  pounds  of  lime 
carefully,  then  add  enough  water  to  make  25  gallons.  Run  the  lime  milk 
through  a  fine  wire  strainer,  then  mix  with  copper  sulphate  solution.  Spray 
before  the  buds  open,  before  the  blossoms  open,  and  again  after  the  blos- 
soms have  fallen. 


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HELLEBORE  FOR  PEAR  AND  CHERRY  SLUGS,  GOOSEBERRY  AND 

CURRANT  WORMS. 

The  hellebore  may  be  dusted  on  dry  with  a  blowing  machine,  or  if 
preferred  steep  one  ounce  of  hellebore  in  a  gallon  of  water,  and  use  as  a 
spray. 

PARIS  GREEN  FOR  CODLIN  MOTH,  CATERPILLARS  AND  LEAF- 
EATING  INSECTS. 

Paris  Green 4  ounces. 

Water 50  gallons. 

Slacked  Lime 1  pound. 

Strain  the  lime  after  slacking  as  in  making  the  Bordeaux  mixture.  Dis- 
solve the  Paris  Green  as  well  as  possible;  mix  and  apply  as  a  spray. 

Paris  Green  is  often  badly  adulterated.  Be  careful  to  secure  it  of  reli- 
able parties  who  will  guarantee  its  quality. 


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